Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
1. When his wife didn't believe what he had said, he tried to ______ her of his honesty.
6. But for your help, I ______ in this examination.
A.could fail
B.would have failed
C.will fail
D.would fail
A B C D
B
[解析] 句意:如果不是你的帮助,我就不能通过这次考试。虚拟语气题。“but for...”表示虚拟条件,相当于“if it weren't/if it hadn't been for...”,句中的谓语动词要用虚拟语气。类似的词还有without。经分析,本句表示与过去事实相反的假设,故主句应该用“would have+动词过去分词”结构,选B。
7. I must tell you how ______ a letter from you.
A.pleased I was to receive
B.pleased I was to receiving
C.was I pleased to receive
D.pleased I was receiving
A B C D
A
[解析] 句意:我必须告诉你我收到你的信有多高兴!本题考查宾语从句的用法。宾语从句中如果是特殊疑问句,也应用陈述句语序,故该从句中的谓语不需提到主语前,所以排除C选项;再根据搭配“be pleased to do something”排除选项B和D。所以答案为A。
8. ______ the members cooperate well, the team will keep winning games.
A.As far as
B.As well as
C.As long as
D.As soon as
A B C D
C
[解析] 句意:只要队员们好好合作,这个队将会一直获胜。连词短语词义辨析。as far as意为“一直到……(程度)”;as well as意为“也,还,又”;as long as意为“只要”;as soon as意为“尽快”。根据句意可知C正确。
9. You can hardly imagine Bell ______ a meal.
A.to be cooking
B.cooking
C.to cook
D.cook
A B C D
B
[解析] 句意:你几乎不能想象贝尔做饭(的样子)。固定句型imagine sb. doing sth.:想象某人做某事。imagine后面要跟动词的-ing形式。故选B。
10. The manager, as well as his advisers, ______ to attend the world fair.
A.are agreed
B.were agreed
C.have agreed
D.has agreed
A B C D
D
[解析] 句意:经理和他的顾问们已同意参加国际展览会。该题考查的是主谓一致的问题。当主语后面有with,together with,as well as,along with,in addition to,like,rather than,except等连接的词组时,其谓语动词形式依主语的数而定。因此,该题中的谓语要与主语(The manager)保持一致,答案D是正确的。
11. The streets are all wet. It ______ during the night.
27. If you don't mind, I ______ do my homework than play cards with you.
A.had better
B.would rather
C.prefer
D.would like
A B C D
B
[解析] 句意:如果你不介意的话,我宁可做家庭作业,也不要和你打牌。本题考查词组语义辨析。“would rather...than...”意为“宁可(愿)……而不要(愿)……”,用以表达主观的意愿,强调经过选择后做一件事,而不愿做另一件事。had better表示“最好”,后跟动词原形,但不与than连用;prefer sth. to sth.表示“喜欢……而不喜欢……”;would like to do sth.表示“宁愿、愿意做某事”。
28. This tape recorder is far ______ that one both in quality and in design.
29. Three new buildings ______ on the campus by the end of this year.
A.will be built
B.are going to be built
C.will have been built
D.have been built
A B C D
C
[解析] 句意:到今年年底,校园内将建起三座新楼。该题考查的是将来完成时。将来完成时表示将来某时间之前或某一行为发生之前所完成的动作,常和by或by the time等引出的时间状语连用,由“will/shall+have+过去分词”构成。本题的时间状语是by the end of this year,所以应该用将来完成时,另外题干中还有被动的含义,因此用将来完成时的被动结构“will/shall+have been+过去分词”,答案选C。
30. ______ student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question.
38. Some hard plastics can ______ metals in manufacturing machine parts.
A.take place for
B.take the place for
C.take place of
D.take the place of
A B C D
D
[解析] 句意:一些硬塑料可以取代金属用来生产机器零件。固定搭配题。take the place of意为“代替……,取代……”;其余三项为错误搭配。
39. Our president will hold a special party at May Flower Hotel tonight ______ your honor.
A.with
B.at
C.in
D.on
A B C D
C
[解析] 句意:我们总裁今晚要在五月花酒店专门为您举办聚会。该题考查的是固定搭配。in sb.'s honor/in honor of sb.意为“出于对……的敬意”。
40. Mr. Wang said such a thing ______ to happen at school again and he forgave me this time.
A.ought not to be allowed
B.ought to be not allowed
C.ought to be allowed not
D.not ought to be allowed
A B C D
A
[解析] 句意:王先生说这样的事在学校不允许再次发生,这次他原谅了我。情态动词题。ought to do sth.的否定结构应在情态动词ought后直接加not,表示“不应该做某事”。
Part Ⅱ Cloze Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identify 1 a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are 2 of that parent. The things parents do and say and the 3 they do and say to them therefore strongly influence a child's 4 . However, parents must consistently behave like the type of 5 they want their child to become. A parent's actions 6 affect the self-image that a child forms 7 identification. Children who see mainly positive qualities in their 8 will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way. Children who observe chiefly 9 qualities in their parents will have difficulty 10 positive qualities in themselves. Children may 11 their self-image, however, as they become increasingly 12 by peers groups' standards before they grow up. Isolated events, 13 dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a permanent 14 on a child's behavior. Children interpret such events according to their established attitudes and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, for 15 , accept the divorce of their parents' or a parent's early 16 . But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events 17 a sign of rejection or punishment. In the same way, all children are not influenced 18 by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. 19 in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the effect of an activity or experience depends on how the child 20 it.
1.
A.to
B.with
C.around
D.for
A B C D
B
[解析] 惯用搭配题。identify with意为“认同”。
2.
A.informed
B.characteristic
C.conceived
D.indicative
A B C D
B
[解析] 句意:当他们认为自己拥有属于父母特有的品质和情感时……。词义辨析题。inform意为“通知”,characteristic意为“特点,特性”,conceive(vt.)意为“想象”,indicative意为“指示的,预示的”,characteristic of sb.意为“某人的特征”,故选B。
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Passage 1 Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. When experience taught him this was impossible, he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier than 1,000 B.C. there were seers (预言家) in Babylon—and priests clever enough to denounce as cheaters who predicted the weather a year in advance. Some forecasters used methods that seem to have no connection with the actual factors controlling the weather. Chickens and other animals were sacrificed and their intestines (肠) poked to find signs indicating rain or drought. Somewhat more scientific were predictions based on vegetation: onion's skin very thin, mild winter coming in. Onion's skin thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough. Insects and animals were also favorite clues: when the glowworm lights his lamp, then the air is always damp. If spiders forsake their cobwebs, the weather will for certain break. If frog remained in pools, the weather would be fine. If they were seen on rocks, rain and cold were due.
1. The author seems to think that animal sacrifices were ______.
A.effective in foretelling the weather
B.successful in foretelling rain or drought
C.unscientific ways of trying to foretell the weather
[解析] 推理判断题。题目询问:“青蛙常被用来预示______。”由第四段“If frog remained in pools, the weather would be fine. If they were seen on rocks, rain and cold were due.”可知青蚌的不同反应可以预示三种天气类型,故D为正确答案。
Passage 2 While the cities of China have undergone modernization evident in the rising towers and bright lights that have awakened the sleeping country, the countryside remains largely the same. Rectangular (长方形的) rows of rice fields litter the landscape separated by long lanes of water designed to provide the constant supply of water that is vital to producing the crop. The experience is not unlike driving through the American Midwest, only rice not corn dominates the landscape. Four years ago, when I last took this trip, the roads were dusted and telephone wires did not run parallel to the highway. Bare roads had been replaced by sleek, newly paved highways running from Shanghai to Nanking, to my smaller home city, Wuhu. Unlike the changes I had heard of and expected in Shanghai, Wuhu was much more of a surprise. The small city where I was born had grown up as I have. There are large high-rise buildings, each ringed with smaller buildings around it, many of these apartment complexes. Little seemed familiar and I wonder what my grandparents' flat buih of brick and mortar (灰泥) had become. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised to find out that their home had been demolished (拆除) and rebuilt as a six-story apartment complex as well. Walking up to the second floor I saw my grandfather's face peering out of the screen door. He began to smile as he saw me, and so did I. Their home is now no different from a western apartment. Equipped with the modern amenities (便利设施) of a gas stove, a toilet, a shower—this was indeed different from four years ago.
1. According to the author, dramatic changes took place in ______.
Passage 3 If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research result of Professor Faulkner, who says that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon. Professor Faulkner wanted to find out why healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and to reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down. He set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and occupations. Computer technology enabled him to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intelligence and emotion, and determine the human character. Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy-year-olds. Faulkner concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to slow the contraction—using the head. The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Faulkner, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing routine work are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants. Faulkner's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain," he says. "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators".
5. According to the passage, which group of people seem to age slower than the others?
A.Farmers.
B.Lawyers.
C.Clerks.
D.Shop assistants.
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。根据文章倒数第二段的第二句可知B对。
Passage 4 Water is necessary for life and good health. We often forget this fact when we think about the other building blocks of life such as vitamins, minerals and proteins. We can live for many days without eating, but two or three days without water usually leads to death. The human body may look solid, but most of it is water. Newborn babies are as much as 85% water. Women are about 65% water and men about 75%. Women usually have less water than men because women, in general, have more fat cells, and fat cells hold less water than other kinds of cells. Water is necessary for cooling the body under hot weather and when we are working hard or exercising, water carries body heat to the surface of the skin, where the heat is lost through perspiration (出汗). Researchers note that fat cells block body heat from escaping quickly. Fat cells under the skin act like warm clothing to keep body heat inside. This is why overweight people have a more difficult time staying cool than thin people. Researchers also note that cool liquids cool us faster than warm liquids, because cold liquids take up more heat inside the body and carry it away faster. They say, however, that cold sweet drinks do not work well because the sugar slows the liquid from getting into the blood stream. The body loses water every day through perspiration and urine (尿). If we lose too much, we will become sick. To replace what is lost, health experts say grown persons should drink about 2 liters of liquids each day, and more in hot weather. They say we can also get some of the water we need in the foods we eat. Most fruits and vegetables are more than 80% water. And even bread is about 33% water.
1. From the passage we learn that among the following four groups of people ______.
A.fat women are over eighty percent water
B.thin men are over eighty percent water
C.newborn infants are over eighty percent water
D.elderly adults are over eighty percent water
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。本题提问的是关于下列四类人群,我们可以从文中知道什么。根据文章第二段,特别是“Newborn babies are as much as 85% water.”可知选项C为正确答案。
2. Why do thin people usually feel better in hot days than fat people?
A.Thin people perspire less.
B.Fat people do not sweat as much as thin people do.
C.Thin people have less heat inside their bodies.
D.Fat people have more fat cells which keep the heat inside.
A B C D
D
[解析] 推理判断题。本题提问的是为什么瘦人在炎热天气中会比胖人感觉舒服些。根据文章第四段中的描述“Fat cells under the skin act like warm clothing to keep body heat inside. This is why overweight people have a more difficult time staying cool than thin people.”可以判断出,正是因为超重的人身体内更多的脂肪细胞锁住热量,才使得瘦人在炎热天气中感觉好些,而胖人很难感觉到凉爽。故答案为D。
3. The author suggests that on hot summer days one should drink ______.
Part Ⅳ Translation Directions:There are 10 sentences in this section. Please translate sentences 81-85 from Chinese into English, and translate sentences 86-90 from English into Chinese.
1. The farther an object is away from us, the smaller it looks.
物体离我们越远,看起来就越小。
2. 他全心全意为公众服务,从不计较个人得失。
He served the public whole heartedly, regardless of his personal gain or loss.
3. The tape recorder can be a very effective aid to teaching if it is used appropriately.
如果使用得当,录音机可以起到很好的教学辅助作用。
4. No matter how busy you are, you should spend some time visiting your parents.
无论多忙,你都应该抽时间看望父母。
5. He saw in front that white-haired old man, whose eyes flashed red with anger.
他看见前面那个白发老人,眼睛里闪着愤怒的红光。
6. 时间是世上最容易浪费,也是最难以把握的东西。
Time is the easiest thing in the world to waste and the most difficult thing to control.
7. 现在有不少年轻人有一边做作业、一边听音乐的习惯。
Quite a few young people nowadays have the habit of listening to music while doing their homework.
8. 这位医生不希望她惊慌,没有把她的病情多么严重告诉她。
The doctor, not wishing to alarm her, did not tell her how serious her condition was.
9. 如果他被迫去做他不乐意做的事,他不可能高兴。
If he is compelled to do what he does not enjoy doing, he cannot be happy.
10. Any student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question.
任何稍具常识的学生都能回答这个问题。
Part Ⅴ Error Correction Directions:There are 10 sentences. Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. You are required to identify the incorrect Part, then write the corresponding letter and the correct answer.
1. On her way to the supermarket yesterday morning Mary met an old friend and stopped talking with him for quite a while. A. On her way B. met C. stopped talking D. while
C 应改为stopped to talk。
[解析] 因为“stop doing sht.”表示“停止正在做的某事”,而“stop to do sht.”表示“停下来正在做的某事转而去做另外一件事”。本句的意思是:“昨天早上在去超市的路上,玛丽遇到了一个老朋友,停下来同他聊了好一会儿。”
2. The idea (that) learning is (a) lifelong process (has expressed) by philosophers and educationalists (throughout) the centuries.
A.that
B.a
C.has expressed
D.throughout
A B C D
C
[解析] 应改为has been expressed。本句中含有一个由that引导的一个同位语从句,修饰主语the idea,它和谓语动词express之间存在着动宾关系,所以要用被动语态。
3. Great changes havetaken placesince I had visited the city. A. have B. taken place C. since D. had visited
4. The boy did not have to leave the next day because he got his visa extending. A. have to B. the next C. got D. extending
D应改为extended。
5. Two woman teachers and four girl students were praised at the meeting yesterday. A. woman B. girl C. were D. at
A应改为women。
6. My teacher (is) talking (with an European) student, who (comes from) (Germany).
A.is
B.with an European
C.comes from
D.Germany
A B C D
B
[解析] 应改为with a European。本题不定冠词使用错误,因为European这个单词虽然以元音字母e开头,但其读音却是以辅音音素开头,故其前不定冠词应该用a,而不能用an。句意:我的老师正在和一位来自德国的欧洲学生谈话。
7. Nearly three quarters of the surface of the earth are covered with water, and there would be even less land if the polar icecaps were melt. A. three quarters of the surface B. are C. there D. if
8. No sooner (we had reached) the top of the hill (than) we all (sat down) (to rest).
A.we had reached
B.than
C.sat down
D.to rest
A B C D
A
[解析] 应改为had we reached。语序错误。no sooner在句首时,后面的句子要倒装,故正确答案为had we reached。
9. Walking in the street, the cars and buses are runninglikestreams. A. Walking B. are running C. like D. streams
A 应当改为If you walk。
[解析] 原因是分词主语和句子的主语不一致。这个句子还可以改写成“Walking in the street,you will see that the cars and buses are running like streams.”。本句的意思是:“如果你走在大街上,(你会发现)汽车和公交车川流不息。”
10. While in his college days he used tokeeplong hair. A. While B. used to C. keep D. long hair
C应改为wear。
Part Ⅵ Writing
1. Directions:For this part, you're required to write a composition on the topic God Helps Those Who Help Themselves. You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below. Outline: (1)为什么说“自助者天助也” (2)试举例说明。
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
"God helps those who help themselves" is a proverb full of logic and wisdom, which tells us that our fate is decided by ourselves rather than by God or others. Only by standing on our own feet could we survive various hardships during a life-long time. Many remarkable examples can interpret this argument. A typical example is the famous British physicist Stephen Hawking. Although he suffers from severe disease, he never abandons himself and refuses to depend on others. Counting on his own efforts and perseverance, he carried on his study in cosmology and made great achievements. Another example is the athletes participating in National Games of the Disabled. It is their independent spirit that helps them win others' respect and admiration. All mentioned above tell us that a wise man never resigns himself to fate. That means, it is we ourselves to decide our fates. Besides, one important thing we should bear in mind is that god only helps those who do good deeds, not bad ones.